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Shri Gaurav Dwivedi of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra shared about the conditionalities in the UIDSSMT scheme that the municipal bodies like Itarsi have to agree and sign to be eligible to receive the grants for infrastructure development from the central and state governments.

In the third session, Gaurav Dwivedi of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra talked about the process of remunicipalisation in several countries across the world wherein municipal bodies are taking back control of water supply services from the private companies.

They don't seem to be the solution that they were thought to be," says Gaurav Dwivedi of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, a study group.
"The results of PPP projects in India are not encouraging," says Gaurav Dwivedi.
Adds Gaurav Dwivedi of Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, "Water PPPs do not have a pro-poor orientation even tho­ugh this is the section of the community, especially in urban settings, which needs water supply and sanitation services at low costs on an urgent basis.

Manthan is also involved in keeping tabs on the large dams issues and in particular on the follow up to the World Commission on Dams (WCD). Shripad Dharmadhikary was on the Steering Committee of the "UNEP- Dams and Development Project" - a multi-stakeholder pr...more